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The Congress of Women: Symmetrical Womanhood
by Mrs. Wesley Smith The LeperThe Land We Love.Symmetrical Womanhood Mrs. Wesley Smith is a native of the United States; she was born in Chicago. Her parents were Edson L. O'Hara and Tonsley…The Iliad of Homer: How Menelaos and Paris fought in single combat; and Aphrodite rescued Paris. And how Helen and Priam beheld the Achaian host from the walls of Troy
Book 2 Book 4 How Menelaos and Paris fought in single combat; and Aphrodite rescued Paris. And how Helen and Priam beheld the Achaian host from the walls of Troy. Now when they…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 7
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Canto 6 Canto 8 Canto 7 So we sate joyous as the morning ray Which fed upon the wrecks of night and storm Now lingering on the winds; light airs did play Among the…Matanzas, city, Cuba
(Encyclopedia) Matanzas, city (1994 est. pop. 115,000), capital of Matanzas prov., W central Cuba. A port with a large, deep harbor, it exports sugar, fruits, and sisal. Industries in the city…Inside Passage
(Encyclopedia) Inside Passage, natural, protected waterway, c.950 mi (1,530 km) long, threading through the Alexander Archipelago off the coast of British Columbia and SE Alaska. From Seattle, Wash…lapis lazuli
(Encyclopedia) lapis lazulilapis lazulilăpˈĭs lăzˈ&oobreve;lē [key], gem, deep blue, violet, or greenish blue in color and usually flecked with yellow iron pyrites. It is composed of lazurite, a…Delaware Aqueduct
(Encyclopedia) Delaware AqueductDelaware Aqueductdĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], SE N.Y., 85 mi (137 km) long, carrying water from the Rondout Reservoir, Sullivan co., SE into the New York City water system at…Río Grande del Norte National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Río Grande del Norte National Monument, 242,500 acres (98,140 hectares), N central N.Mex, on the Taos Plateau between the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mts.; est. 2013. The monument…Nukualofa
(Encyclopedia) NukualofaNukualofan&oomacr;ˌkwälôˈfä [key], town (1986 pop. 21,300), capital and chief port of the Kingdom of Tonga, on the northern coast of Tongatapu island. The city has a deep…Great Artesian Basin
(Encyclopedia) Great Artesian Basin, c.670,000 sq mi (1,735,300 sq km), between the Eastern Highlands and the Western Plateau, E central Australia, extending S from the Gulf of Carpentaria,…Trending
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